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What Does the Bible Say About Money & Wealth?

What Does the Bible Say About Money & Wealth?

By Pete Stockton
A lot of people think the Bible doesn’t have anything to say about wealth and money. Money is a new thing, a sign of the modern times. They didn’t have US dollars or Japanese Yen in the Bible. In the Bible, people traded sticks and stones or maybe cows and sacks of rice. The Bible can’t teach me anything about …

Filed under: Bible, Social Issues, Stewardship

Are Black Clergy Taking a Hike on Social Reform?

Are Black Clergy Taking a Hike on Social Reform?

By Meta J. Mereday
Every Sunday (and for some folks it is every Saturday), millions of people put on their “Sunday best” and pack the pews, padded seats, folding chairs and rough hewn benches of facilities nationwide that constitute their places of spiritual worship.
While religion is practiced the world over, the connection for Black people to their church and the Black clergy …

Filed under: Culture, Social Issues, The Church





How to Overcome Satan

How to Overcome Satan

Do you believe in a real Satan, the devil? Do you realize that millions of wicked spirits plague the earth? The truth is that God created angelic spirits — some of whom turned against Him. Those evil beings now seek to bring suffering and turmoil to our world and its people — especially to true Christians. The Bible tells of a literal spirit war that …

Filed under: Spiritual Warfare

Who IS Jesus?

Who IS Jesus?

There are hundreds, even thousands, of denominations that claim to be following Jesus Christ. Yet they teach many conflicting doctrines, and hold very different ideas about Jesus Christ. They cannot all be right, so how can we be sure who is really following the true Jesus Christ of the Bible, and who is following a false “Christ” who will lead his victims astray? The good …

Filed under: Christian Video, Christianity, Faith

Bishop Eddie Long Controversy Should Not Destroy Faith

Bishop Eddie Long Controversy Should Not Destroy Faith

By Todd A. Smith
Allegations that Bishop Eddie Long, pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in suburban Atlanta, coerced four males into sexual relationships are riveting the nation. Some have even said if the allegations facing Bishop Eddie Long are true it will rock the entire Black church with catastrophic consequences.
For years, many critics of the church have said that …

Filed under: Christianity, Spiritual Warfare, The Church

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